Aliens on Earth!

This morning my wife and I were talking about the various homes we have lived in across the course of our thirty-one and a half years of marriage. The briefest stay in any one home was about 11 months. That was our first apartment, located on the first floor of an apartment building at 1813 Arch Street in center city Philadelphia. Our longest stay has been ten years and two months. That was 109 Main Street in Refton (although in about a year, should we still be in our current residence it will become our longest stay). Now in between Arch Street and Main Street have been numerous other homes ( five, if I have my math correct). Really that is not all that many compared to some people, but a lot for others. But given the mobility of our society, it probably surprises none of you!

This reminds me of what the Bible calls us in 1 Peter 1:1 where Peter refers to his readers as "aliens,"  "strangers" or "sojourners." When it comes to this earthly life, that is exactly what we are. We are travelers who have yet to arrive at our final destination. And we must always remember that! The temptation to "settle down" into this temporal, earthly life is very alluring. If we are to fulfill the mission God has given us, and prepare ourselves for the life that awaits us in heaven, then we must live our lives HERE and NOW in light of the life we will live THERE and THEN! So ... don't get wrapped up in storing up for yourselves treasures here on earth, "But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal", knowing that "where your treasure is, there your heart will be also" (see Matthew 6:20-21).

Thanks for stopping by . . .

pj